Archive for the tag 'Apple'

Mar 08 2008

Scoble goes (again) into a non-issue discussion

Published by Bob Beela under Microsoft, Tablet PC

Again Robert Scoble has started a discussion about whether Apple is better than Windows Vista (link).
Just like the other instances he is trying to compaire apples and oranges.
Apple
Apple is a hardware and software supplier. It produces software (application and a OS) which will only run on hardware produced and sold by Apple.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a hardware [...]

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Jan 23 2008

Apple iPhone just move over, you are history!

Published by Bob Beela under Tablet PC, Technology

Apple move over! This device by Radius turns the iPhone into an old brick.
Link to article in Reuters.
Never has a product by Apple been made out of style so quickly.

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Jan 15 2008

MacWorld 2008, not much news

Published by Bob Beela under Technology

Not much news on the MacWorld 2008 (link to Engadget site).
Some updates on the (flop) MacTV, a new toaster / thin laptop and some new media content (movies).
Big deal.

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Jan 04 2008

How addicted to Apple are you

Published by Bob Beela under Technology

0%How Addicted to Apple Are You?
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Jan 03 2008

Long Live Closed-Source Software! | Computers | DISCOVER Magazine

Published by Bob Beela under Open Source, Technology

You have got to read this! [link to document]
Jaron Lanier states that the open-source model will hold back radical, unique and one of a kind new designs. As an examples he uses Linux with it’s many distribution versions, the iPhone as a product and the scientific practice of doing research and publishing your result at [...]

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Nov 18 2007

Apple sucks!

Published by Bob Beela under Blogs, Technology

I am a regular reader of Robert Scoble’s blog since he popped up on the Microsoft Channel 9 website. Last Saturday he wrote a most amusing piece about the “Brand promise of Apple” and how, in his view, does not match up with the promise.
Apple’s promises:

Apple will always work,
Everybody can use an Apple,
Apple is better [...]

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